More than 40 towns have withdrawn from their school districts since the state’s 2007 consolidation push.
Schools & Education
News and information about schools and education from the Sun Journal.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
UNE professor suspended for violating live animal research protocols
Multiple instances of noncompliance in live animal research led to the suspension of a shark and fish researcher at the university, who a spokesperson said no longer works at the school.
advertisement
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine, News, Schools & Education
Lisbon School Committee to meet Monday over failed budget
Voters were also frustrated by the steep increase in the municipal budget after an accounting error created a hole in town finances.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
EPA restores $1.6M UMaine PFAS grant
The federal agency’s reversal comes 1 month after it declared that the University of Maine’s research into ways to reduce the effects of forever chemicals on farms was inconsistent with the EPA’s funding priorities.
Posted inNews, Schools & Education
Despite fears, most Maine districts OK school budgets
Voters in at least 6 districts, including Kennebunk-based RSU 21 and Gray-New Gloucester, rejected their school budgets, while a long-debated Cape Elizabeth bond project and a contested Gorham budget passed.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
University of Maine helps develop database on college hazing deaths
A professor leading UMaine’s Hazing Prevention Research Lab said the lab also hopes to conduct the first national study on college hazing in 17 years.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine, News, Schools & Education
Lisbon voters overwhelmingly reject school budget
Residents voted Tuesday on a proposed $21.27 million school budget that contained a nearly 8% property tax increase.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
Auburn residents approve school budget
Though the turnout was low, it was still higher than what the city clerk had expected.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
Lewiston schools superintendent renews contract early amid recruitment efforts
After receiving recruitment inquiries from other school districts and education organizations, Jake Langlais states his commitment to staying in Lewiston.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
UMaine professor wins $1M grant to take a new look at old plants
The open source computer model that Jose Meireles is developing will use genetic analysis and reflective light to study already collected plants, saving field and lab time and money and protecting rare plants from destruction.